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TRASHOLES >>> Thursday, Feb. 2 & Saturday, Feb. 4 I've tried to make it a point, when writing about local music, to avoid talking about the ages of the members of the bands I highlight. But I must impress upon you how young the members that make up Gig Harbor garage two-piece
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We often speak of a movie or play as a "rollercoaster ride," but it's easy to forget that even the best rides begin with a slow, clanky climb up a hill. In the latter Harry Potter novels, Jo Rowling seemed to relish torturing readers with hundreds of actionless pages, the
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We often speak of a movie or play as a "rollercoaster ride," but it's easy to forget that even the best rides begin with a slow, clanky climb up a hill. In the latter Harry Potter novels, Jo Rowling seemed to relish torturing readers with hundreds of
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I've tried to make it a point, when writing about local music, to avoid talking about the ages of the members of the bands I highlight. But I must impress upon you how young the members that make up Gig Harbor garage two-piece Trasholes are, if only
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The music of San Francisco's Zodiac Death Valley straddles the line between psych-rock, pulsing new wave, freak-folk, and the sun-beaten pop of Dire Straits. It's an infectious combination, aided largely by impeccable songwriting. The band's music is nothing if not filled with memorable hooks and substantial
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Roger Ebert’s review of The Hurt Lockers ran in the print version of the Weekly Volcano. Ebert’s peeps will now allow us to run the review online. To read his review online, visit Ebert’s Web site. The Hurt Locker Score: Four out of four stars Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie and Ralph Fiennes Kathryn
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EVERY LITTLE STEP: A backstage documentary about the auditions for a recent Broadway revival of A Chorus Line. Beginning with a line reaching down the street at an open call, the film follows dancers through every step of an arduous and often heartbreaking ordeal. Ironically, that’s what the musical is
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It’s a new week, which means it’s time for a new edition of Bobble Tiki’s South Sound music notes column. Let’s get rolling … First, before we gaze forward, Bobble Tiki would like to take a moment to look back — way back, in fact, to last Friday’s Minus
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A Leaf is a band that produces the kind of hushed folk rock that’s made for lazy summer days sleeping in the park. Dreamy vocal harmonies slip in and out and about the dulcet guitar strums, shuffling drums and piano flutters. Most of their songs meander along pleasantly, and as
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SKELETONS WITH FLESH ON THEM Friday-July 24-Saturday, July 25 Self-proclaimed freak folk Afro-Cuban Columbia grad studentcore crew Skeletons With Flesh On Them is on its way to Le Voyeur in Olympia on Friday and Bob’s Java Jive this Saturday. This four-piece freak show is harmless, despite the spooky name, consisting of Scott
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Capping off another workweek in Fife, a benefit show for the Tacoma All Ages Project will go down Friday night, bringing Marissa Olson, Four Minute Mile, Undefined, Calen Tacket and the BreakLites to the stage for the sole purpose of throwing down for our area's under-21 music
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Sadly, in this world full of emails and instant messages, text messages and status updates, MySpace bulletins and Twitter tweets, it’s something I rarely do anymore. Stop dead in my tracks to take note of a show flyer, whether it’s pasted to the inside of a club, stuck to
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Ok, a bit of my history with Wizard of Oz is likely in order. I was a winged monkey in the Department of Defense’s Camp Walker Community Theater-Taegu, South Korea production of the show some 30 years ago. I had a bit part where my wings were painted with florescent
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Phillip Panagos would really like to recycle the 30- or 40-gallon containers full of glass that Matador produces every day. As general manager of the tequila bar chain’s Tacoma operations, Panagos is in charge of a lot of things. One of those things is making sure the restaurant stays profitable,
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The string of words that make up the name Death by Stars sounds at once full of portent and utterly frivolous. This dichotomy seems to seep into and help define the band's music as well. Combining the biggest, most direct qualities of punk, electronica and psych-rock, Death
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Winger’s Grill & Bar Where: 5221 Tacoma Mall Blvd., Tacoma, 253.471.9464 Hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to Midnight Friday and Saturday Cuisine: Mostly Southwestern comfort food Scene: Ultra casual and family friendly Drinkies: Specialty cocktails and teas, import and domestic beers and wine Damage: $2.50-$18 ANNOUNCER:
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Betty Jo Fitzgerald has been making art a long time. I’ve been familiar with her work since about 1990, but there’s something quite different about her latest work at the appropriately named Childhood’s End Gallery in Olympia. It looks like she’s entered her second childhood. This art is playful, joyful
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It’s time for The Grand Cinema to expand. That’s good news for local movie buffs, who will have an extra screen and some other amenities to enjoy if all goes as planned. But it also means that The Grand Impromptu Gallery, which occupies adjacent space at the Grand’s home, the
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Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world. This makes it cool, because you can see all of the different ways it adapted as it spread around the world. Spaniards pronounce c’s as a “th.” Argentineans say a “y” sound using a “juh.” In Costa Rica,
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Around these parts, Valentine's Day typically equals heart-shaped boxes of chocolates, red roses and inedible candies imprinted with sentiments of love that read more like text messages: HI LOVE, UR 2 NICE, etc. In amorous Spain, Catalonia to be precise, Valentine's Day is superseded by the late-April holiday La Diada de
